How To Plan A Rehearsal Dinner
Top wedding pros share their expertise on ways to plan this significant and personal celebration. By Elizabeth Jenkins; from Summer 2006
PICK A THEME
Consider using the location or your heritage to develop a theme for your rehearsal dinner. “We do lots of New England–style clambakes and lobster bakes,” says Dover, N.H., planner Kate Parker. “Everyone puts on bibs, and all the pressure is gone with the first lobster tail. Clambakes bring down people’s guards.”
INVITE THE OFFICIANT
Many planners recommend asking the person who is marrying you, such as your rabbi or priest, to attend. “Seven or eight times out of 10, he or she will decline,” says Laurie Arons, who planned the wedding of Christy Turlington and Ed Burns, “but it’s a nice gesture.”
Consider using the location or your heritage to develop a theme for your rehearsal dinner. “We do lots of New England–style clambakes and lobster bakes,” says Dover, N.H., planner Kate Parker. “Everyone puts on bibs, and all the pressure is gone with the first lobster tail. Clambakes bring down people’s guards.”
INVITE THE OFFICIANT
Many planners recommend asking the person who is marrying you, such as your rabbi or priest, to attend. “Seven or eight times out of 10, he or she will decline,” says Laurie Arons, who planned the wedding of Christy Turlington and Ed Burns, “but it’s a nice gesture.”
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